Grantee Testimonials

26.01.2016

The results and impacts of species conservation projects are wide-ranging and numerous. Below is a selection of what some of our grantees say about the value and benefit of SOS small and medium-sized grants devoted to their target species, their work, their communities and their careers.

BANGLADESH BASED GRANTEES SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES

Working across a variety of species, threats and conservation approaches, grantees working to protect turtles, dolphins and tigers speak about their projects and the impact of SOS funding in this short film.

SOS has funded Rapid Action Grants addressing emergency issues such as the need for improved anti-poaching efforts in Thap Lan National Park, Thailand. SOS Grantee Eric Ash from FREELAND Foundation explains what is being done to stop the bleeding.

The project has been really successful in increasing the protection of the incredible endemic species of amphibians at this site. We had more sightings of Duellmanohyla, which for us, is a consequence of a job well-done in preserving the forest. Our work with environmental education especially with women and children has resulted in a more informed community that is now empowered and helping us in conserving what has become an official Protected Area thanks to our sustained conservation efforts in Sierra Caral.

“Without Save Our Species Fund’s US $100,000 grant to Save the Rhino Trust’s Field Patrolling and Monitoring Programme in 2012, we would not have had sufficient funding to cover our three most critical expenses: personnel, fuel and vehicle maintenance costs. Thanks to SOS, we were able to continue our valuable work protecting the unique, truly wild, desert-adapted black rhino population (Diceros bicornis bicornis). Only one poaching incident occurred during the grant period. Our heartfelt thanks to SOS!”

"Support from SOS Funding helped us achieve a milestone for manta and mobula conservation, as results from our funded work, particularly in the South and Southeast Asian nations, contributed towards the reef manta ray and all mobula species gaining international level protection under the Convention for Migratory Species (CMS) Appendix II in November 2014. This is the first international protective law for mobula rays."